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10 Methods Introduced In HTML5 That Dramatically Improved User Experience
We’re assisting a SaaS company in optimizing their platform for organic search (SEO)… and when we reviewed the code for their output templates, we immediately noticed that they never incorporated HTML5 methods for their page outputs. HTML5 was a significant leap forward for user experience (UX) in web development. It introduced several new methods and tags that enhanced the capabilities…
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Mailchimp: Streamlining Customer Communication with Transactional Emails (Formerly Mandrill)
Transactional emails are automated, one-to-one messages triggered by user actions or behaviors. Examples include welcome emails, password reset requests, order confirmations, order status updates, and shipping notifications. These emails are essential for maintaining customer communication and providing timely updates related to their interactions with a service or product. To comply with CAN-SPAM laws and best practices, transactional emails must: Not…
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Broadleaf Commerce: A Unified, Headless, and Microservice PaaS for Ecommerce
As businesses grapple with the increasing complexities of commerce, solutions like Broadleaf Commerce are invaluable. Broadleaf Commerce is a software solution designed to handle the intricacies of the commerce industry. Its principal mission is to remove hurdles to innovation, providing an open, truly headless, and modular platform built explicitly for complex commerce. Before we speak to the platform-as-a-service (PaaS), let’s…
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The Relationship Between Personas, Buyer Journeys, And Sales Funnels
High-performance inbound marketing teams utilize buyer personas, understand buying journeys, and closely monitor their sales funnels. I’m helping deploy a training lesson on digital marketing campaigns and buyer personas with an international company right now and someone asked for clarification on the three so I think it’s worth discussing. Targeting Who: Buyer Personas I recently wrote on buyer personas and…
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Media Relations Platforms To Find And Pitch Journalists and Influencers
When we’re working with companies to assist in increasing their visibility online for building awareness and acquiring new customers, there are three general strategies that we recommend: Public Relations – pitching media outlets that already have a relationship with your target audience, whether it’s a traditional journalist and media outlet, or a publication (like Martech Zone) with an influencer operating…
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Event Planning and Marketing Blueprint
When I think back on some of the incredible events I’ve attended – Webtrend’s Engage, ExactTarget’s Connections, Social Media Marketing World, and BlogWorld Expo – I’m always blown away by the number of moving parts and how seamlessly these organizations put them together. I am not an event planner. I can barely juggle more than a client at a time,…
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The Art of Asking Customers for Reviews: 5 Insider Tips and Tricks
In my experience, many businesses underutilize an important way to build credibility with prospective customers — asking their current clients for reviews. If approached correctly, however, having positive online testimonials can be one of the most effective ways to convert leads into sales. Below, I explain effective review strategies to help you not only reach your target audience but also…
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The State of Tumblr in 2025: Who Should Still Pay Attention and Why It Might Be Worth the Effort
Tumblr, once a cultural juggernaut of internet creativity, has weathered more ups and downs than most social platforms. As of 2025, it remains very much alive, with an estimated 135 million monthly active users and over 600 million blogs—but its relevance depends heavily on who is asking and what they intend to use it for. After years of uneven growth,…
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Grow: Empower Your Marketing Team With No-Code Business Intelligence
Making data-driven decisions shouldn’t be the privilege of analysts or IT teams—it should be the superpower of every employee. Companies are often hindered by fragmented tools, inaccessible data, and slow, technical bottlenecks that hinder insights when they’re most needed. Grow Grow is a no-code, full-stack business intelligence (BI) platform that simplifies the entire data lifecycle—from connection to visualization—without requiring any…
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Why Web Security Is Now Essential for SEO, Trust, and Online Success
Every day, billions of users begin their digital journey the same way: by typing a query into a search engine. Google alone processes over 8.5 billion searches daily, and what users find on that first results page can shape opinions, build trust—or erode it completely. Whether locating a nearby restaurant, researching a product, or vetting a service provider, users demand…
